Life-boat.



0. H. L. DESWATINBS.

LIFE BOAT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 15, 1912.

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ATTORNEY OTTO H. L. DESWATINES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LIFE-BOAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

Application filed May 15, 1912. Serial No. 697,549.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, OTTO H. L. DESWA- TINES,a subject of the German Emperor, residing at New York, in the county ofNew York and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Life-Boats, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention has for its object to provide a life boat whichwill be nonsinkable and in which there is a separate compartment foreach passenger arranged apart from one another so that if by accidentone or more are damaged or destroyed, the others will not be affected.

Another object of my invention is to secure to each compartment a waterproof cover or hood which the occupant may slip over the upper part ofhis body so as to protect himself against cold, rough seas, etc.

With these objects in view my invention consists :in the construction,combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter specifiedand set forth in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification,similar reference letters denote corresponding parts and Figure l is atop plan View; Flg. 2 a side elevation partly in section and Fig. 3 across section of the boat on line 33 of Fig. l and Fig. 4 an enlargeddetail of a cover or hood.

1 denotes a boat which may be of any suitable shape and may beconstructed as a row boat, sail boat or motor boat. In the presentembodiment of my invention the life boat is shown as a row boat. Theinterior of the boat is closed upon top by an air tight and water proofdeck 2 in which a number of holes 3, 4: are provided. These holes leadinto compartments 5, 6 formed as tubular pockets or casings secured tothe deck and extending downwardly into the interior of the boat. Thesecasing are closed at the bottom and serve partly for the accommodationof passengers and partly as storage receptacles for food or otherarticles.

The compartments 5 which serve to accommodate passengers are providedwith seats 7. The diflt'erent compartments are arranged apart from eachother and the space 8 between the difierent compartments and the bottommay serve to receive compressed air through suitable valves (not shown)arranged in the deck 2.

Secured around the upper edge of each passenger compartment may be acover or hood 9 (Figs. 2-4) of waterproof material and suitableconstruction which the occupant may slip around the upper part of hisbody to protect himself against cold, rough seas, etc.

If the boat is constructed as a row boat, as in the present example,there may be formed in the deck 2 receptacles 10 for the accommodationof the oars, when not in use.

The boat may be formed with several bottoms 11, 12, 13 which by spaces14 are separated from one another. These spaces may be either air spacesor may be filled with cork or the like.

Since various modifications may be made in the construction withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention I do not wish to restrictmyself to the particular. details described and shown.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A life boat having an upper air tight and water proof deck formed with anumber of perforations tubular compartments fixed to said deck andextending from said perforations into the boat, the compartments havingeach a separate bottom, ,and the space between each compartment andbetween the deck and the bottom of the boat being filled with compressedair.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OTTO H. L. DESWATINES.

Witnesses: I

MAX D. ORDMANN, JOHN T. CARMODY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

